Furnace humidifier



Oct 11, 1932- R. KLoMPARr-:Ns 1,881,678.

FURNACE HUMIDIFIER y Filed Deo. 8. 1930 l.; i g M muenor man oct. 11,1932 1,881,678

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROY KLOMPAR'ENS, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND'FURNACE Application led December 8, l1930. Serial No. 500,796.

This invention relates generally to a furpit 10, a fire pot 11, a dome12 and a radianace construction and more particularly to a tor 13, issurrounded by a cylindrical casing humidifier adapted to be applied tothe shell -15 having an opening therein, this opening which surroundsthe hot air type of furnace. adapted to be tightly closed by means ofthe 5 However, its use is not limited to such a con cover plate 16. 55struction as it may be installed in any stream. Brackets 17 arefixed tothe inner side of of air which needs to have Water vapor added theclosure 16 and a corrugated orzigzag plate thereto, 18 is supported bysaid brackets. As clearly One disadvantage of humidifiers is due toshown in Figs. 2 and 3 the upper edge por- .'.U y'the fact that they areconstructed of fabric tion of the humidifier plate 18 is curved as 60material, which rapidly deteriorates, thus beat 19 to receive theperforated pipe 20, this coming not only inefficient in act-ien but alsopipe 20 being adapted to receive a controlled causing fouling of the airpassing thereby. flow of water through the regulating valve I aim toovercome the above dilficulties as 21. This valve may be of any suitabletype.

l5 well as attain further advantages whichwill The lower end of thehumidifying plate, 65 be apparent from the detailed description -18 isangularly formed as at 22 into a troughwhich is t0 follow, like portionadapted to receive any surplus Brieiy described, my invention consistsof water and an outlet 23 provides an overflow a metal plate, preferablyof zigzag constructherefrom.

i0 tion, placed in close proximity to the dome An inner shell or casing24 is held in posi- To of a furnace. Means are provided for flowing tionby sup orts 25 and has an opening therewater upon'this'plate near itstopand as this in to allow or the passage of the humidifying waterravitates downwardly along the corplate 18 together with its dependentstrucrugate surface of the plate the air passes ture. Thus the closureor plate 16 supports v 25 thereover` and comes in contact therewith theentire humidifyng apparatus, this plate T5 thus causing particles ofwater to enter the being removably held in place by means of air andhumidify it in a manner well known bolts 26.

to those familiar with devices of this charac- From the above it willreadily be perter. As shown in the drawing my device is ceived that theplate 16 is a support for the applied to afurnace wall of doublethickness entire humidifying device and that by re- 80 but obviously itcould as readily be applied moving the bolts 26 the same may be removedto a single sheet metal wall. as a unit, thus providing an expedient andMany other objects and purposes, with efficient construction. l novelconstructions and arrangements of The air freely iiows around thefurnace inparts for obtaining the same will be apparteriorly of thecasing or shell and upon conent as an. understanding'of the invention istact with the plate 18 tends to evaporate the hadfromthe followingdescription, taken in water flowing thereover thus humidifyingconnection with the accompanying drawing, the air. Moreover, the plate18, preferably in which, formed of' a rust proof metal, is long lived A40 Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in cross and performs efficientlyover its entire period section, of a usual hot air type of furnace' ofusefulness. y equipped with my novel humidifier. While I have describeda complete cm- Fig. 2 is an enlarged view showing the corbodiment of myinvention I do not wish'to rugated surface of the humidifier plate tobelimited to the particular construction gether with the means for flowingwater shown my invention being in fact limited 95 thereover, and solelyby the attached claims.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of Fig. 2. I claim: Snmlar numeralsrepresent s1m1lar parts 1. A device of the character describedcomthroughout the several views. prising a vertical heatlng unit, anouter ver- 5 In Fig. 1, the furnace, consisting of an ash tical shellspaced therefrom and surrounding said heatin unit, an inner shellparallel to the outer s ell, said inner shell being spaced from andterminating short of the ends of the outer shell whereby air may freelycirculate around the inner shell, said inner and outer shells eachhaving an opening,

a closure for the opening in the outer shell and a humidifier fastenedto said closure and adapted tol extend inwardly of` the inner shell.

2. A device of the character described in claim 1 but also characterizedby the fact that l the humidifier consists of an irregular surfacedmetal plate adapted to receive. water u near its top.

3. Ina furnace having a vertical heating unit surrounded by adoublejacket having an opening therethrough the combination of a plate,means to fasten vtheplate adjacent 20' the outside of the exteriorjacket thereby f tightly closing the same, brackets 0n the inside of theplate and extending inwardly to a point Within the inner jacket, a metalplate fastenedl to said brackets, and means to flow 25 Water over thelast named plate.

A4f. Afurnace comprising the parts set forth in claim 3 in which theplate is vertically positioned so as to be in substantial alignment withthe heating unit.

-30 5. A furnace comprising the elements in the combination recited inclaim 3 and having the metal plate therein of zigzag vertical crosssection.

6. In a furnace having a vertical heating 35 unit surroundedby a jackethaving an opening therethrough ,the combination of a plate, meanstofasten the plate over the said opening, bracket means extending fromsaid plate into-the jacket, a metal plate supported by- 0 the bracketmeans yand means to flow water over the last named plate.v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROY KLOMPARENS.

